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investors make about the pandemics devastating economic impact. and the pandemic is putting millions out of work and shops and restaurants close around the world. and i'm peace summit in doha with your storefronts now also the coronavirus turning point has to take place by the end of may. 2020 will have to be postponed emergency talks are set for tuesday. countries across the world are ramping up their response to the corona virus pandemic the french president emmanuel mccoll has declared war on the outbreak and is closing france's borders from 11 g.m.t. on tuesday the e.u. bloc as a whole is considering banning all but essential foreign travel to the showing in

the zone the british government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is now asking britons to avoid nonessential travel and pubs clubs and theaters u.s. president donald trump has issued similar advice and is urging for no social gatherings higher than 10 people were to come. as the head of the world health organization implored government to test far more people with suspected cases of cave in 19 around concerns the pandemic will cause a global recession it's been another tar a day on the markets stocks plunged around the world despite a coordinated effort by central banks to protect growth and jobs the fokker begins our coverage with a look at the situation across europe. covert 19 has silenced entire cities 100000000 europeans are on lockdown paris woke to its 1st business day of sweeping with strict respected by some ignored by others later the french president urged the country to follow the official advice restricting all non-essential movement he

summed up the worsening crisis in one word and some on gas we are at war healthwise not against another country or another nation the enemy is there and it's advancing and that requires our general mobilization we are at war all the action of the government must now be focused on the fight against the epidemic by night or by day nothing must distract us in its latest crisis briefing the world health organization urged countries to strengthen efforts to control the outbreak you cannot fly a fire blindfolded and we cannot stop this bundle me if we don't know who is infected we have a simple message for all countries test test test in the spanish capital madrid military were on the streets telling people to go

home. spain's followed italy's lead confining citizens to their houses unless they have to buy food medicine or seek medical help. germany the economic powerhouse of europe responded to the crisis on monday by restricting public gatherings and tightening its borders with austria france switzerland luxembourg and denmark several of germany's neighbors including denmark poland and the czech republic already close their own from tears as the virus advances the global race to produce a vaccines gathering pace in germany this firm hopes to have an experimental low dose coronavirus of vaccine ready by june or july available for human testing the company moved to deny reports that the us president donald trump offered large sums of money for exclusive access to it in the u.k. where things have been more relaxed the prime minister announced a new raft of emergency measures without drastic action now boris johnson said

cases of the virus could double now is the time for everyone to stop norm essential contact with. and to stop unnecessary travel we need people to start working from home where they possibly can and you should still avoid pubs clubs theaters and other such social. as the number of virus cases increases in remaining a network of volunteers is growing in bucharest to help elderly people forced into self isolation for the vulnerable these are anxious times country after country the situation's been deteriorating rapidly europe's leaders are calling on their citizens to remain united by being further apart. and joins me live in the studio to need the french president really ratcheting up the measures today yes i know micron has followed many other leaders not only in europe but also further afield

in trying to strike the right kind of told tone and getting populations on side to follow the rules the regulations the advice and also really to to respect what's being asked of them but you get the bit of a sense that a man who at micron was a bit frustrated particularly with the younger generation who he feels has not been following the recommendations to south isolate strongly enough he said it's down to them to show some responsibility and solidarity for the good of more vulnerable parts of society as well but what's been asked of the french people is quite draconian in many ways we've seen measures that include the banning of all non-essential travel tightening of social distancing we know that cafes and restaurants and non-essential shops are being closed all schools universities closed for all apart form the children of health workers so on the one hand a request by the french president for everybody to follow the rules and regulations and get involved on the other hand we've seen of course the military drafted in and

and all it is for people to to remain in their houses finding the right balance between requesting and ordering is going to be a challenging one going ahead and we've had a change of position from the u.k. government yes that's right the british government has been under tremendous amount of pressure to ratchet up its response to the coronavirus largely because of some of the measures that have been introduced elsewhere across europe of course in italy and spain of france and germany we've seen the banning of public gatherings the closure of lots of shops apart from pharmacies and and food stores here in the u.k. things have been much much more relaxed the message had been that the crisis the peak of the virus would not be for for another 10 to 14 weeks those are the words of the government but then all of a sudden earlier in the day. decision by the british government to introduce emergency measures much more sooner than anyone expected so people with traces of the virus all with symptoms are basically being told that they may have to remain

in isolation for 2 weeks a huge about turn for the government and one the people here are expected to take very seriously need bucca thank you very much indeed well the u.s. president has announced new guidelines to limit the spread of the virus including limiting social gatherings to less than 10 people don't trump says he's not currently considering a nationwide curfew but one could be imposed in certain hot spots my administration is recommending that all americans including the young and healthy work to engage in schooling from home when possible avoid gathering in groups of more than 10 people avoid discretionary travel and avoid eating or drinking at bars restaurants and public food courts if everyone makes this. change or these critical changes and sacrifices now we will rally together as one nation and we will defeat

the virus and we're going to. have a big celebration all together dr alan fischer in washington d.c. alan this seems to be the 1st on the president trump is it nor is the extent of the problem with that be fair to say. during that news conference he said it's bad it is bad and certainly he's never done that before this is a different approach for donald trump he is talking about the reality of the situation the fact that the number of those infected and the number of those who are dying is going up and that there's still a long way to go he said in the past that the virus was under control this time he said no the situation is under control the virus isn't under control again that's quite a step for donald trump now he's introducing these measures saying the gatherings of no more than 10 people should essential you not take place it's just 24 hours ago since the c.d.c. the center for disease control put out an advisory nationwide saying groups of no

more than 50 so what change well we're told by the corona virus taskforce that they got new information from the u.k. they've done some new modeling and they realize that if they reduced it to 10 then perhaps they would get ahead of the car so this is a surprising approach for donald trump particularly when he was asked how much longer is this going to be in place he said the initial restrictions are there for 15 days they will continue to keep them under observation but he thinks this could go on until july or august he was asked is there any potential that there could be a national curfew he didn't rule out he said it's something they're looking at but not something that they're ready to put in place at the moment but many people will be shocked at the president is being so frank particularly those in trump's supporting media for a very long time were suggesting that somehow this was being hyped by the media

here is donald trump saying there's a real problem here and how the various states in the u.s. responding. well there are all taking various actions and in fact we just had in the last couple of hours there are 6 counties in the bay area in california that would be around in san francisco and they're saying essentially stay in place if you don't need to leave your house then don't you think 6 counties around san francisco how many people are we talking about we're talking about 6 and a half 1000000 people that's more than the population of violent they're saying please just sit in your house only leave if the journeys are essential there's a lot of criticism too from a number of the states that the way the federal government has acted here they simply believe they've been very slow on the whole operation and even criticism from republican governors like lottie hogan who is the very popular republican governor in maryland you're going to hear his name a lot in about 4 years time because everyone thinks he's positioning himself to run

for president and he said look the federal government simply isn't doing enough there was a call between the white house and the 50 states governors at the said donald trump said it went very well the governors are saying they expected more from the federal government one thing to come out of that is the us the respirators they are going to become very important people who develop breathing difficulties will need these machines and they asked what was the federal government doing and donald trump told the states look if you can get these that point of access then go ahead and do that apparently that surprised a number of governors who are in that position but here we are with the whole fabric of the way the united states normally operates literally changing in front of our eyes hour by hour and donald trump is saying for the 1st time this is a bad situation our official thank you very much. there's a growing of a global recession as the coronavirus pandemic sends markets around the world

plunging again this is despite central banks announcing a coordinated effort to ease the effects of the outbreak in the u.s. the dow jones closed down 13 percent the worst drop in the 3 decades what's going latest on the markets from gibbers on day in new york so gabriel so far none of the medicine is seems to appeal to the markets of the. it's not and that's the real scary part here is nothing that the white house is doing nothing that the federal reserve is doing is helping at all in fact it almost seems like it's getting worse the numbers are just staggering and this is one of the days on wall street when 510-1520 maybe even 30 years from now people will look back and say remember that day in march of 2020 the market had its worst day in a sense 1987 the dow down 3000 points 12.9 percent the s. and p. down a leavened point 99 percent it was down about 9 percent through the middle to an

afternoon part of the day which is bad enough i mean that's almost historic in of itself but then within the last 45 minutes of trading the bottom dropped out and the market just went into these historic low levels the nasdaq had its worst trading day ever. things got so bad at one point towards the middle of the day there was. talk circulating that perhaps the new york stock exchange just needed to close in fact as stacy cunningham the president of the york stock exchange actually had to put out a tweet saying it's important for the markets to stay open she said closing the markets would not change the underlying causes of the market decline this would only further compound the current market anxiety so listen there's a lots of problems here but the bottom line is here on wall street they do not see any light at the end of the tunnel on this getting better and that's why with all this uncertainty you're seeing these historic drops thank you very much indeed

canada has just announced that it's closed its borders to all foreign travelers as it works to contain the virus prime minister just introduces any citizens showing symptoms of the illness will not be allowed to board a flight. we will be denying entry to canada to people who are not canadian citizens or permanent residents this measure will carve out some designated exceptions including for aircrews diplomats immediate family members of canadian citizens and at this time u.s. citizens china's government has released numbers showing the full scale of the economic damage caused by the outbreak with widespread factory closures industrial output fell by 30 and a half percent while retail sales dropped by more than 20 percent but the number of new infections in the region continues to go down as one hay reports. day by day there are more signs of life returning to the streets of who province where the

corona virus outbreak began the simple act of police removing a road block was a welcome sight for residents and the government which wants to get the country moving again the industrial engine which led china to become the 2nd largest economy in the world is also restarting after a disastrous 2 months which saw output collapse companies are gradually recovering their general order of production the situation for factories back and business and hiring is improving and the labor demands will continue to increase as the number of new infections in china decreases just 16 recorded on sunday the government expects the economic prognosis to significantly improve this month but with the outbreak bringing other countries to a halt demand for chinese exports will take some time to recover. the number of new infections is slowing in south korea too but preventative measures are continuing particularly involved areas here volunteer work is spray

a housing project for the poor in the capital seoul in australia many people were angry they weren't given enough time to return home before tough new travel restrictions were introduced by the governments anyone entering australia must now self isolate for 14 days to return to a farming property we have no food at that time in property we're now trying to find people to buy for us so that literally we can eat now 12 hours were in a foreign country with all the warning we've got now i think it's deplorable the government of the philippines will extend quarantine measures beyond manila to the entire island of luzon the capital is affected lock down with travel restrictions in place to try to slow the rate of infection after a spike in the number of confirmed cases the move came as 400 filipino crew members from a cruise ship that was stranded off the coast of california arrived back home the

workers were flown back on a charter flight after some passengers on the ship became infected with corona virus wayne hay al jazeera. iran has recorded another big rise in the number of deaths 129 confirmed on monday among those dead is a senior member of tehran's assembly of experts with almost 15000 confirmed cases there are concerns the pandemic could overwhelm health facilities and an economy struggling under sanctions so mr abby is in the iranian capital he says contradictory messages from the government about the virus aren't helping spread. president hassan rouhani during a statement seemed to say that the peak of the virus is over in iran and certainly he was about a week or 10 days early if experts are to be believed but it certainly struck an optimistic a positive tone hours later hours after the news spread across the country and adviser to the president's office issued a correction saying that is not actually what the president said if you listen to

the translation of the audio what he said is that the figures seem to suggest that there is a positive trend in terms of combating the spread of the coronavirus but even that seems to contradict the numbers that are in black and white another record setting day for the death tolls on the same day earlier today hours after president hosni han spoke a member of his coronavirus task force the man in charge of the task force for the city of iran painted a much more serious picture calling it biologically different from this happening in china more complicated and if it's not taken seriously it could be something that could proliferates and becomes even worse well into the later part of this year the head of the i.r.g.c. major general sense alarm went on national television and literally begged people to stay at home saying that the virus was a chain and to break it people had to stay home so these contradictory messages will not help the government to get its people on board. lebanon's government has imposed

a knock down an attempt to control the spread of the virus but the country is in the middle of an economic crisis and many residents say staying at home isn't an option and also concerns over how the struggling health system will cope so they know how to reports from beirut. traffic has slowed after lebanon's government ordered a lockdown private and state institutions are closed as daily life slowly grinds to a halt it's the latest measure to stop the spread of coronavirus but not everyone can afford to stay home. i have 3 daughters there is no work for a tall worker some force to drive a taxi i know my health is in danger but i have no choice. the government declared a medical state of emergency to keep the number of infections in check while essential services like bakeries and pharmacies remain open the country will be sealed off from wednesday with the closure of airports ports and borders but some fear these measures are not enough the start of

a female ski in the 1st hour of the problem is many lebanese are not taking the threat seriously ask us why we wear masks and gloves one should protect himself private health facilities are now on the frontline of this battle because of the bitter reality of public hospitals that's how the prime minister has described the situation as they prepare to face the pandemic but doctors say the private sector to doesn't have the equipment and supplies to last over a month or the private sector is not ready to take this in charge except a few major hospital in beirut and major hospital in beirut can handle this task but not for very long time because we have a huge shortage the government is under pressure on more than one front it is almost bankrupt and there is a deep economic crisis your thirty's are trying to protect people but many are asking what they're doing to look at. through their livelihoods many say there is

a need for a comprehensive response plan and the strategy to ensure the economy doesn't collapse even further some are taking personal initiatives to help those in need opponents of the government believe ministers and parliament members should work on retrieving what they say are stolen public money instead of donating this month's salary to a national fund set up to combat the virus people are getting poorer actually it's been 2 months the needs are getting very big because we got a lot of people outside the downtown coming to ask us for relief boxes with the rice sugar and we're giving as much as we can lebanon is facing many crises but the fight against corona virus is taking precedence health officials expect the number of infections to rise but as they try to delay that it is the most vulnerable who seem to be left behind so to beirut venezuela has entered its 1st day of quarantine as latin america escalates its fight against the pandemic military

checkpoints have been set up on main roads into caracas with armed officials ensuring people where mosques before entering supermarkets or schools have been closed they've been 17 confirmed cases of the virus in the country but no deaths but israel is already suffering from an economic collapse which has devastated its health system. that's in america newman joins us live in the chilean capital santiago's what's the situation where you are has the fear of the virus changed life in the capital. it has changed a lot of things but there are some things that having to change how schools in 22 have been closed classes canceled by other social networks we're putting out a call * for protest just to come out and say that the marches haven't been canceled and where we are right now in italia plaza there's a man behind me i'm going to that's with a sign saying call that 90 in the biological war of a sense of president trump this will not shut us up but they're very there are

a lot less people here than usual riot police are out here they've been dispersed into crowds over and over again with water cannon and also on foot taking some people who are in detention centers but this is only one of the protests that we've been seeing in chile where the borders will be closed as of wednesday the government announced that just a few hours ago but important that it is because the southernmost city in the southern hemisphere the. the cruise ships that come from all over the world with thousands and thousands of passengers are docked there people have been protesting over and over again against foreigners and say we don't want to risk in this country they're going to bring us to corona virus so there is a need creasing sent to panic chile has not yet made it mandatory for people to stay at home or to work from home it's just a suggestion for now and it's been criticism both from ordinary citizens and from the medical community saying that the government hasn't done enough fast enough it

has to take a far more aggressive stance to make them to prevent a disaster which they say is going to come here regardless which would lead to keep the death toll down unless you mentioned the situation in venezuela but how is the region as a whole been affected. well in the less than 24 hours we've seen all of the chinese neighbors closing down their borders already argentina through. the ecuador panama countries are closing their borders to keep people from coming in is mainly fearing that the virus will spread from those countries that have less of an ability to contain it now there are also been ports close schools closed in some countries that it's become mandatory to stay at home in the region and you have to keep in mind that most countries have very very poor public health systems so if we've seen

a very high death toll in italy. people are being told to keep very much in mind even though it's not yet come up. for these countries and that includes chile and argentina which is the better off countries in terms of public health to actually face this kind of virus and fold down will be very difficult indeed and that's the case of course in remote areas that are far more stream the what we call it has been in europe and even in asia. to see the human thank you very much indeed. a cruise ship carrying more than a 1000 people is set to dock in cuba after it was turned away from multiple ports in the caribbean there are 5 confirmed cases of coronavirus on board the m.s. braemar nearly 40 passengers and crew showing symptoms have been isolated and british cruise ship had been stuck at sea for more than a week it trying to dock in the bahamas over the weekend but was refused entry. faces of the crowd of arson are being confirmed throughout more than half of africa

at least 30 countries there are grappling with nearly 400 infections in kenya the president has encouraged people to work from home but it's gotten so explains nairobi many don't have medical insurance and have no choice but to risk their health. the. most kenyans use public transport to get around that's why some bus service providers are taking no chances this is one of the busiest bass stations in nairobi city center that. you know. now are. enough for each and every one and what the un fund. yeah. i got. along. asking our conductors to an extra. little but is open in baghdad thanks windows. on sunday the government put in place new restaurant sions after 2 more cases of

corona virus were confirmed bringing the total to 3 president a working out to address the nation announcing the indefinite closure of schools and universities along with the burial of all visitors from corona virus affected nations and asking kenyans to avoid using cash among other measures government offices businesses and companies are encouraged to allow employees to work from home. many kenyans in the city rely on casual labor for their daily income and do not have adequate medical insurance they woke up to these headlines and are afraid things could get was people are bracing themselves for potential total lockdown if the disease continues to spread. not there yet but some kenyans we spoke to are confound about how they will feed their families if they're told to stay. out on much streets to passengers and ses he

cannot afford to stay home even for one day. even. for that to be. hungry my family means to be fed. repeat. health officials are telling kenyans not to panic maintain good hygiene and follow the guidelines being given they say the government isolation facilities are working and the country's prepared for the wost. this is at one of the government hospitals are high over skeptical they say they don't have proper protective gear and any way of ensuring their own families stay safe theirs is just one of the many problems the government faces as it tries to prevent its small outbreak from getting out of control catherine soy al jazeera nairobi kenya. more to come on this hour of news from london including tasked with ending

a political stalemate israel's president asks opposition gallants to form a new government. on the world is watching their train a virus and make a different medical crisis scrips latin america. and in support we'll hear from the n.b.a. basketball player he's feeling fine despite testing positive for the current minors . hello and welcome to international weather forecasts as we take a look at weather conditions across europe we've seen cold air moving across eastern areas specifically the movie got some snowfall across turkey extending through into the caucuses much of central and southern parts of europe but generally looking draw and find no snow reported over spain is clearing away we're going to see a better day on shoes day madrid there up a 14 degrees and the still precipitation rome but it's going to be the form of rain

rubber band snow for the u.k. another weather system bringing some very heavy rain in the cross northwesterners with snow on the higher ground moving through into wednesday fine conditions for much siberian planchette the old guard since i'm going to start with but that should clear later on still the snow in southeast for the fine across central areas berlin 18 and vienna 16 into north africa interesting thing here is the winds across parts of north africa would like to see a lot of lifted dust across algeria extending southwards cheer in the course of wednesday we were all across parts of west africa usual rush of showers that you would expect in coastal regions across more eastern areas we've got some showers shop across the ethiopian highlands you might see want to showers affecting how to stop about.

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. among the top stories here on out is there the french president has told the french public we are at war against the coronavirus announcing a raft of new measures he said is closing all french borders. there's a growing of a global recession as the coronavirus pandemic sends markets around the world plunging again the dow jones closed down 13 percent the west in 3 decades. the world health organization is urging countries around the world to test every suspected case general. says you cannot fight a fire blindfolded. restrictions on movement are meant to stop the spread of the

virus but they also forcing millions of people to stay home and causing widespread job cuts virgin atlantic is grounding up to 85 percent of its aircraft and asking staff to take up to 8 weeks unpaid leave the budget carriers ryanair and easy jet also announced plans to ground most of their fleets and next year brian has more on the global fallout. from road. to madrid. and manila millions of people now under lockdown or funneled through checkpoints. and eat up some of us a little it's hard for workers who are not able to go to work and are stuck at home they don't have income they can't buy food their families will go hungry the coronavirus has the world on a war footing authorities battling an invisible enemy that's threatening a global recession all bars in the state. and all restaurants. will close at 9 o'clock tonight. how long is or will be in

a fact we don't frankly know governments have been forced to announce so-called coronavirus budgets crisis measures hope to contain the financial fallout and save but the billions of dollars don't always extend to low wage earners or contract workers many without health insurance will be hit hard by the uncertainty which could extend months even years. in my 35 year career i've never found myself unemployed so it's weird for me i never thought even imagine that one day i'd find myself unemployed i don't know what the future will bring. right now the future is not looking good for the world economy is expected to grow at its lowest rate since 2009 after the global financial crisis that means less wealth and fewer jobs even the most remote areas aren't immune to

the virus ski lifts are at a standstill in the swiss alps as resorts turn away tourists. it's a bit annoying because now i'm out of work but we'll see what's decided the travel industry is among those hardest hit with airlines grounding planes and slashing jobs tourism operators fear the bill could run into the trillions if you want us there are these say how to be but i'm really concerned about i'm going to pay my. there are others too who rely on foot traffic for their survival. with streets continuing to empty millions of lives and livelihoods and now on hold. and brian al-jazeera. morris almost felt is a professor of economics at the university of california berkeley he joins us. from that thanks very much for being with us what you all this will cost a minnow we heading for a global recession as a result of all this well i would judge that

a global recession has already started and is. increasingly countries locked down and people stay home from work and i'm put necessarily the contracts we can see in the last 2 months of chinese data how bad it's been there and i think the same is in store for us in europe in the united states and some say it has also been hit a lot harder than others that the airlines and travel and so on do you think they should be protected anyway of those kind of measures helpful in this sort of situation but i think that that really depends case by case and. you know bankruptcy could be a possibility for some of these firms are ones going bankrupt before it can keep flying but i think in general we have to be conscious about both financial spillovers and also more importantly the need to to protect jobs it's bad enough that the virus is preventing people from working if in addition there are even more

layoffs because firms go under that would lead to long term scarring effects on the economy what about the of the measures that economists can take kind of the can said we've seen concerted effort to try and coordinate some of the measure this time around you know getting things that rate cuts how much difference do these policy measures make in a situation like this. well it depends on what policies you're talking about i don't think on the whole macro policies have been well coordinated so far in this go around but a central bank action in the current environment is likely not to be the main line of defense. more effective would be very strong and bold fiscal responses from from governments. measures that directly support households that are directly support small and medium enterprises and keep

them afloat until we can get the spread of the virus under control obviously also government action to limit the spread of the virus to develop treatment and vaccine are critical in this environment as are attempts to build infrastructure for protesting and for treatment tommy you mentioned the effect that it's had on china china seems like it's turning the corner in terms of dealing with the epidemic at least with a pandemic i should say how quickly do you think it will have an effect to stop we starting the engine in china. i think they could they could restart fairly. quickly. but remember they are a command and control economy to some to some extent and the measures they have used to contain the spread of the virus are truly taccone and there are measures that would be hard to imagine in europe and the us professor morris of steel thank

you very much indeed for taking the time to talk to sinatra sarah pleasure to some other news now and russia's foreign ministry says 5 dozen syria's lost rebel held stronghold of breaching the ceasefire it comes off to russia and turkey which brokered the poor's infighting cut short joint patrols because rebels cut off a main road a cease fire deal was signed earlier this month by the russian president vladimir putin and his texas counterpart. agreement came after a direct confrontation between the turkish military and syrian government troops. israel's president has asked opposition in the battle gas to form a new government head of the current prime minister benjamin netanyahu but there's still plenty of obstacles in front of him as israel's political process is exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic are a force that reports from west to east when they've been here before israel's president riven rivlin last gave benny gantz the opportunity to form

a government in october that time it ended in failure and eventually a 3rd election within a year now though gans has if only just a majority of parliament members recommending him for prime minister $61.00 out of $120.00 and he sounding confident. the time has come to fewer empty words and more big acts the time has come to set aside boycotts and saud's and reconnect again all the tribes of israel and all the citizens of israel we will beat the coronavirus we will pass through this crisis we will defeat the hatred because our hope is not gone yet days after israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu called on guns to join him in an emergency government grants returned the favor except with him not at its head but israel's parliament the knesset cleaners disinfected the chamber the head of the official swearing in of its newly elected and reelected members a measure to stave off corona virus infection but likely to raise a rueful chuckle from voters who watched their politics dragged through the dirt

this past year then another sign of these times of pandemic parliament declared open by the president in the chamber empty save for netanyahu and dance in the knesset speaker. in democracy we may be able to replace the leadership but we cannot replace the people not some one half of it and not the other half of it we're destined to live together and so have just one request to make of you give these people a government. israel's new coronavirus restrictions ban gatherings of more than 10 the members were sworn in 3 at a time there are questions how this new parliament will function under such conditions questions too about what kind of government benny gantz can hope to form one option is a minority government supported by the 15 mainly palestinian israeli members of the joint list but some within god's his own ranks oppose that so he may not get the votes the other option is a unity deal with netanyahu but on dances terms that would require netanyahu to

give up the premiership a position he's desperate to retain ahead of his corruption trial delayed by the coronavirus crisis until may god says he will try to form a government within days he has $28.00 until his mandate expires a 4th election is still grimly possible are a force that al-jazeera westerners a 6 year old child child has died in a fire at an overcrowded refugee camp in greece local media say a blaze at the maria camp on this bus began in a container nobody else was injured but several tents were damaged the camp is at 6 times capacity holding more than 900000 people in recent weeks hundreds of refugees have arrived on the island after turkey stopped preventing them from travelling to the. japanese man has been sentenced to death by hanging for one of the country's worst mass murders seto she stabbed 19 people with mental disabilities at

a care home west of tokyo in 2016 it claimed those incapable of communicating with others were a burden to society and that his actions were for the greater good. all the world is watching a coronavirus pandemic another medical crisis is gripping latin america dengue fever cases a soaring all way from mexico to chile and it's one of the most common reasons for hospitalizations one colombian city has seen a 500 percent increase in cases in a month and a center amputee reports from cali. colombia 3rd city how do you fight this raging against things fever the democrats are saying it isn't body a woman died in the neighborhood after developing the mosquito borne disease one of 11 presumed finger related deaths last month so the city is fumigated by home we see it daily. here nick you know it's a delicate matter we need to be extremely careful with even the smallest poor of

water i change the water of the plants every day not everybody does it and it's dangerous yes i mean geishas are just one of many emergency measures to confront you with them you can see it for cases of soared from 118 in january to more than 5000. this is the mosquito that infects people with the virus late eggs in any water or semi taishan bad a gene and climate change with both heavy rains and long periods of drought are all making the outbreak worse income not the color climate change has no doubt facilitated the breeding grounds these mosquitoes are endemic here but they're finding the best conditions to her oh and the geno type seems to be more aggressive . then guess been spreading throughout latin america in the past year 3500 people have died since you know you are spittles across the continent are

struggling to keep up with the number of new patients more than 3000000 cases of being reported being to tiles in 19 that's 6 times higher than the previous year and an all time high. and the trend seems to be continuing in 2020 the disease has now become one of the main reasons for hospitalizations throughout latin america look so doing it will do more to meet this man deeply coude not a moment in the last 3 months the numbers have tripled from maybe 1520 per week to 50 or 70 we need to do more to stop the spread. of what is that exactly one method that's been helping reading guppy fish eat more skeeter larvae and fountains in similar places. up the bus your in the stable me we are getting results but the worry now is that people will lower the guard because it tension is on this new coronavirus and we cannot make the mistake of forgetting them that can kill us if

we don't keep up with it also would up with. a fight against time to get this outbreak under control before and not the one who arrives. to listen to you i'm just tired. and gonna illegal mining is a vital source of income for many people but it's threatening farmlands and poisoning water sources the government has pledged to tackle illegal mining but some communities are now struggling to find clean drinking water for him how many reports. the river problem in southern ghana is contaminated with mercury and cyanide and vegetation is drying up and gone as heartland of cocoa the main ingredient of chocolate. the river is also vital for fishing farming and filter. the pollution is blamed on thousands of small scale gold mines working around the clock at this one boys as young as 15 and dozens of men what they're doing is illegal many mines have been here for years despite the government crackdown to

close them. they operate deep in the forest hidden from the police and a military task force attracted by the precious metal minus come from different parts of ghana and neighboring countries as well as to. i know they say it's their only source of income per goddess of the risks and injuries sickness shifty and i was able to provide money and help my family in the volta region until the government decided to ban small scale and illegal mining now police harass us all the time some of us tried to run away and others fall into the money pits those who can't swim get injured or die. joe had his hand cut off 2 years ago while mining he received no compensation if you knew you were going to there were no decent jobs for the an educated and poor young people if we had training opportunities provided by the government it would be better. makeshift pumping stations are used to divert rivers to do. this is gold when they go to burn it will become yellowish to go.

on the stage these 5 miners found just a few grams and sold it for $128.00 u.s. dollars sent between them god has one of africa's leading gold export. presidents none of has pledged to continue his fight against illegal mining his government regulates the industry or community mines. that is meant a lot more. in the community centers to get people in a community who want to get more money to be able to do so badly. they will serve more up large and small scale monument but critics and environmental activists blame the lack of political will and corruption for government promises falling short over. the. far left and the how before. and. i mean they really. might have also

been. one environmental groups call for tighter regulations minus say they have no choice but to continue digging for their survival for him ha meant just even. so to come on the news hour as professional sport shuts down fans are venting themselves by special coming up. the.

roof. on this particular sport. loren thank you francis a limp a committee president now says the coronavirus crisis must peak by the end of may

well tokyo 2020 can happen on time the i.o.c. meeting will be held on season via teleconference with international sporting federations several of qualifying events including the european boxing events in london this week have been canceled or postponed and with less than 5 months to go there are growing doubts that the games can take place in july as planned a sports correspondent winnings has more. time is running out to make decisions about fundamentally whether the games can actually go ahead whether they need to be canceled with some way of perspiring them now i wouldn't expect any decisions yet the i.o.c. have historically tried to give themselves as much time as possible whatever the circumstances but these are surely the worst they have ever faced and therefore how this emergency teleconference where they bring together over sports under their umbrella of the many sports involved in the olympic movement and discuss with them

how they can proceed bringing on board as usual the world health organizations advice but also knowing that time critically is running out and there's such pressure on things like qualifying tournament people think of the olympics just maybe a fortnight duration there's so much organization that goes in so many qualifying tournament beforehand that things are being affected now and the olympics ultimately if it does take place would need to be as fair as possible can i be in these exceptional circumstances meanwhile you wait for all get together a teleconference with the european leagues and professional football associations to discuss what is going to happen 1st and foremost about euro 2020 i cannot see that taking place in june that's just not going to happen so once that is spawn perhaps the next year probably won't be completely cancelled yet then does it leave space for other leagues to be played and finished i don't think any football is

going to be played for the next few months so even if some plans are agreed and provisionally put in place they might not happen the way that you i for one than sorry. the women's tennis tour has suspended all tournaments and so may the 2nd its male counterpart the a.t.p. had already called off its tour events for the next 6 weeks the year's 2nd grand slam tournament the french open is still on for now that want to show you all to begin on may 24th. over in the u.k. the famous grand national has been called all for this comes after it had been announced that british horseracing events will be held behind closed doors until at least the end of march and the red be union league seasons in the u.k. have also been suspended n.b.a. basketball star really go there says he wishes he'd taken coronavirus more seriously the utah jazz player tested positive just days after joking around at a news conference touching reporters' microphones his diagnosis led to the n.b.a.

season being suspended and subsequently every major american sport followed suit i just wanted to make sure to remind you guys to keep washing your hands frequently with soap and water try to avoid touching your facial nose your eyes and of course try to avoid making a sort of contact with people. it's all about protecting yourself and the people around you. i wish i would have to stay more seriously and i hope everyone else will do so because we can do it together one of the teammates also tested positive for the illness donovan mitchell he is still under quarantine and self isolation says he is fine but is warned that some may have it without knowing it's. amazing that it you know i don't have any symptoms i could walk down the street it's not it wasn't public knowledge that i was certain you would know it you know and i think that's the scariest part about this virus is that you know you may see

. you never know who you may be talking to who they're going to. formula one's mclaren team says their mechanic who tested positive for corona virus is recovering well it's diagnosis led to the cancellation of the australian grand prix meanwhile italian tire manufacturer per se one of their staff has tested positive real madrid's football and basketball teams are staying at home and they've asked fans in spain to do the same kind of thing because a lot of those leather covered your make it across as cases continue to rise they say it's everyone's responsibility to try to stop the pandemic were put into isolation after a basketball player tested positive for corona virus is postponed for 2 weeks at least and here's a new one for us window tennis it's perhaps one of the most nail biting matches you've seen we don't recommend you try this one at home and on the ground floor there away from coronavirus the heavyweight boxing

champion tyson furious facing another anti doping investigation a former claims he was offered money to live a full fury when he tested positive for a banned substance back in 2053 blamed it on eating castrated to meet and at the time the pharmacy sold it to him fear he could get an 8 year ban if found guilty of tampering with an investigation his camp deny the allegations. and. that is where we'll leave it for now more sports news coming up again a little bit later for now i'm going to hand you back to lauren in london. i hear much and a quick money can always catch up any time but our website address about his house there dot com he watches live by clicking on the orange line like on. the zipper menard television news out about in a moment with more day's news right now. the

shocking treatment of disabled people in eastern european state run caverns in these cages who cannot have access to a toilet or water and the bureaucratic indifference to their plight he has his hands and his fates tied to the beds 5 years off to fast highlighting such abuses people in power returns with a 2 part investigation to continuing mistreatment and neglect europe's recurring shame hard to on al-jazeera.

al-jazeera. where after being asked. so many al-jazeera london broil constantia 2 special guests in conversation people think that racism is having tussle vitriol towards black people and there's no understanding of why. systemic racism and unprompted uninterrupted success comes with opposition if you're not upsetting people you're not saying anything f one needs any oh. there is not a family in britain i believe that has not been touched by empire studio be unscripted on al-jazeera really understand the differences and similarities of

cultures across the world so no matter what you see with the news and current affairs that matter to you. on. the french president says we are at war as he places his country under lockdown telling people not to leave their homes and drafting in the army. learned taylor says al jazeera live from london also coming up. we have a simple message for all countries test test test the world health organization says the current response is not enough to stop the coronavirus pandemic spreading.